estrange
to make people less close or friendly
Episode vocabulary
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S5E3: English vocabulary
Season 5, Episode 3CrimeDramaMystery
Preview up to 100 useful vocabulary entries from this title. This is a general public list; Slovnyx personalizes it in the app.
All vocabulary stays together in one practical preview. See the methodology.
emasculate
to make someone or something weaker or less effective
medicate
to give someone medicine, or to treat a condition with medicine
seductively
in a way that is meant to attract someone sexually
loiter
to stand or wait somewhere without a clear reason or purpose
castrate
to remove the testicles of a male animal or person
suckle
to feed a baby or young animal with milk from the breast or udder
worser
an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse
gavel
a small hammer used by a judge or auctioneer to get attention or signal a decision
inadmissible
not allowed or not acceptable, especially in a legal or official situation
regress
to return to an earlier or less developed state
obligate
to make someone legally or morally required to do something
- Make it personalSave the useful vocabulary and practice it in Slovnyx.Continue in the app
facilitation
the act of making a process or discussion easier
entrench
to make an idea, habit, or belief so fixed that it is hard to change
bashful
shy and uncomfortable in social situations
meld
to blend or combine smoothly
transference
the act or process of moving something from one place, person, or thing to another
despondent
very sad and without hope
agitate
to make someone feel worried or upset
leavings
things that are left over after something is used, eaten, or finished
incriminate
to make someone seem guilty of a crime or wrongdoing
fining
the act of making someone pay a fine
hounding
to keep bothering someone again and again, especially by following or questioning them
thumbed
past tense and past participle of thumb through